Where are the neocons today?
The neocons face their latest challenge in Barack Obama. His election and new vision on foreign policy opens the next chapter in the long-running clash — and sometimes fraternity — between presidents and neoconservatives. In their book, “The Forty Years War: the Rise and Fall of the Neocons, from Nixon to Obama,” released today by HarperCollins, Len Colodny and Tom Shachtman explore the influence of the right wing, conservative movement on American foreign policy. GUEST BLOGGER: Tom Shachtman Had Senator John McCain won the presidency in 2008, the neoconservatives would still be in charge of foreign policy. A year into President Barack Obama’s administration, with its highly pragmatic approach to international matters, the neocons remain the major group opposed to Obama’s foreign policy. But then, throughout their decades in the public eye, the neocons have been more comfortable — and more effective — in voicing cogent opposition than in executing policy. The neocons formed in oppo
